Hat and tie holder



Feb. 8, 1949. F, A. REINKE 2,461,178

`HAT AND TIE HOLDER' Filed Jan. 8, 1947 Gttorneg Patented Feb. 8, 1949 UNITED STAT-ES PATENT yOFFICE Y 2,461,178 y v HAT AND TIE HOLDERv Free a. Reinke, cleveland, ohra Applieation Janary s, 1947, serial No. 720,740

This invention relates to a hat and tie holder and more particularly to a hat and tie holder of a portable nature.

The principal object of the invention'is kthe provision of a device which may be attached to a door and will, in connection with the door, hold two hats and a number of neckties.

A further object of the invention lis Ithe provision of a hat and tie holder comprising a wire structure of a distortable shape to be adaptable to various sizes and shapes of hats.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a hat and tie holder formed of a few component parts capable of being knocked down for shipment or handling and easily and quickly assembled for use. Y

The hat and tie holder shown and ydescribed herein has been designed to form a simple and eiicient device for attachment to a door such as a clothes closet door to provide means for i claims. (cli al1-s2) 2 the pairof Wire body members -IlI is of a length sufcient to V enable it; to be shaped into a relatively large upright U-shape, as indicated by the numerals I5 in the drawings, and eachof which is located outwardly away from the plane of the door I2, asbest shown in Figure 2 of the drawings wherein the center .panel of the door i2 is indicated by thenumeral I6. The outermost ends of each of the pair of U-shapes I5 formed in the wire body members I4 are turned downwardly and inwardlyso as to terminate at a central point immediately below the mounting bracket it and are then inturned;l as indicated by the numerals Il, for reception ina spacing positioning two hats and a number of neckties in j safe and secure location. The holder is attachable to the uppermost edge of the door by being hooked thereove'r and is primarily formed of two wire shapes, each of which is distortable so that they can be adjusted .to nt various sized hats. Y

With the foregoing and other objects in view whi-ch will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hat and tie holder showing hats and ties thereon in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the hat and tie holder showing a hat thereon in dotted lines.

By referring to the drawings and Figures 1 and 2 in particular, it will be seen that the hat and tie holder comprises a mounting bracket I0, the upper portion of which is of an inverted semi-U shape including a spaced downturned section I I which is adapted to overlie the upper edge of a door, such as indicated by the numeral I2, so as to be positioned firmly thereon.

The lower portion oi the mounting bracket IU is formed with a attened tubular socket I3 of a size sufficient to receive in side-by-side relationship a pair of wire body members I4. Each of member I8. The spacing member I8 is preferably formed of rubber or other resilient material and includes anopening therein in which the two inturned ends I'I of the wire body members Id.` may be positioned and held by frictional engagement. The opposite ends of theiwire body members Il! are formed with arstraight section and slightly .outturned end portions i9 which normally overlie the uppermost portion of the tubular section I3 of the mounting bracket Ill. l

It will thus be seen that the hat and tie holder is formed of the four I,component parts; the mounting bracket IIL-the two, wire body menibers I 4 and the spacing member I8. It will also be seen that the device may becompletely disassembled by moving onefof thefstraight end seotions of the body members I4, normally'lyi'ng within the tubular portion I3 of the mounting bracket I0, downwardly and out of the tubular portion I3 and subsequently disengaging the inturned end I1 of the body member I4 from the spacing member I8. The device may then be packed or carried in a more compact package than would otherwise be the case and is readily and easily assembled toform the device asillustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

In Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings the wire body members of the device are each illustrated as being covered with a continuous section of spirally wrapped plastic material and indicated by the numerals 20. This spirally wrapped plastic material 20 provides an attractive and `serviceable covering for the wire body members and serves to protect hats and ties positioned in and hung on the device.

Still referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings it will be observed that two hats 2I are represented by dotted lines as being positioned in the upright relatively large U-shapes I5 formed in the wire body members i I4, and by referring to Figure 2 in particular it will be noted that the :a will also te obtiens to those skilledr in the 'art that the U-shaped ybracketV can be formed with a plurality of openings therein and Without the portion adapted to overlie the top 0f `the door so that it may be aixed to the surfacaoi the door as by'bolting or nailing the same thereto.

It will be obvious to those :skilled -ln .the art that the wire body members i4 can bev covered with covering materials other than the plastic substance heretofore referred to. enamels or paintlike nishe'smay be applied directly to the Wire body members or they 'may be provided with a vulcanized rubber coating.

A It; ivi-l1 thus be seen that-a simple and eicient hat and tie holder has been disclosed'which may be econornicallyA Yformed, conveniently knocked dovn -for shipment andireadily assembled for use, and that it may 4beconvenientiy and easily secured {to aA door or othersupport by merely hooking the same over-the upper edge of the door or y1 su'ppoitas the case may be;Y gIvtwill thusV beseeri that said su`r`5por-tif1gV door and, positioning the hat and tie devicefaway from the surface thereof.

,2. A hat and tie holder-,comprising Aa bracket for mounting on a door and adistortable body member afiixed tothe said bracket, the said dis- For example,

" tortable body member being shaped into two oppositely disposed, semi-U-shapes and spaced away from the said door for the reception of hats, the outer ends of the said body member being brought together in a central location and a spacing member aixed thereto forspacing the said body member with respect to the said door.

3. A hat and tie holder comprising an inverted 1U-shaped bracket engageable over the upper edge of, a door, aeatte'ned tubular section on the said bracket, a pair of similarly formed distortable wire shapes, one end ofv each being positioned through the said flattened tubular portion of the l' saidrbr'acket and held thereby, the other ends of vi? the invention havebeen met in the hat and tie through the saidhattened tubular portion of the said bracketand held thereby, the other ends of the said 'distortable wire shapes being engaged ina spacing member for holding thev said wire shapes away from the surface of the said door, and the intermediate portions oi the said wire shapes bei-ng shaped in =relatively large U-shapes for the reception ofv the crown portions oi two hats, a covering material aflixed to the said Wire shapes and providing a surface for registry with the said hats.

FRED A. RENKE.

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